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PHOENIX - An Iraqi family living in the valley claim it is part of their culture, but police say it’s a crime. Police have re-arrested Yusra Farhan, an Iraqi woman taken into custody last week. Farhan was accused of beating her 19-year-old daughter for talking to a boy, but detectives have found that wasn't the first time. Back in November, Farhan allegedly burned the victim's face and chest with a hot spoon, because she did not agree to an arranged marriage with a 38-year-old man. Also arrested were Farhan's husband and 18-year-old daughter. 45-year-old Mohammed Altameemi is facing one count...

Is it time for Newt Gingrich to drop out? In an editorial published yesterday, National Review, the leading organ of the conservative movement, said the time has come for the former House speaker to leave the GOP presidential race. This editorial is a gut punch to an already staggering campaign. In the three weeks since the South Carolina primary, Gingrich’s stock has plummeted. Coming out of the Palmetto State, he “sounded really bad” in the two debates that preceded Florida, according to GOP analyst and Daily Beast contributor Rich Galen. The veteran pol may have been “sick, tired, or [just]...

by John HillStand With ArizonaFox Phoenix TV (KSAZ FOX 10) on Thursday showed a ridiculous propaganda piece purporting to show "the Arizona border" and how "safe" it is, as they follow Americans from around the nation on a "tour" of the border. Here's how they describe the piece: Make your own decision about life on the border. What is life on the border really like? Hop on the Border Bus Tour, and do your own fact finding about what it means to have a secure border. And in the video, the tour leader, Bob Feinman, tells us on the bus...

by John HillStand With ArizonaBarack Obama's Tantrum-on-the-Tarmac in Phoenix Wednesday has given an unprecedented boost to the memoir of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. In the 48 hours since Obama confronted Brewer over her depiction of their July 2010 Oval Office meeting - turning his back and walking away from her as she was still talking - her book, Scorpions for Breakfast, has exploded up the charts on Amazon.com. SWA staffers took a screenshot of the book's rank of #344,761 an hour after the confrontation, and noticed that it had exploded to a stunning #26 by Friday morning: an increase of...

<p>PHOENIX (AP) — Some outraged donors are threatening to pull their support for the Humane Society after it euthanized the beloved cat of a former heroin addict hours after he brought it in for medical treatment.</p> <p>The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/tNzWqN ) that Daniel Dockery's 9-month-old cat, Scruffy, was put down not because of cuts it got from a fence but because the 49-year-old Phoenix man couldn't immediately pay $400 for its care.</p>

In September, my colleague Mark Flatten released an investigative report showing that Phoenix and other Arizona cities spend millions of dollars every year to pay employees to perform union work on city time. Less than three months later, we are going to court on behalf of Phoenix taxpayers to put an end to the practice of union “release time.” Our case takes on the city’s contract with the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association (PLEA), which provides an estimated $900,000 in annual release time for police union work, including lobbying. The provisions take six full-time officers off the streets – giving them...

On a chilly morning in Hebei province, 20 miles north of the Great Wall of China, Jiang Xiaotian wandered out onto his patio overlooking a town that bears a more than passing resemblance to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. With its pitched roof, stone chimney and wooden exterior, his house looked just like every other in his neighborhood -- evoking the American Wild West he knows from the movies. Jiang, a Hong Kong corporate executive, has never been to the United States, and before buying his weekend home, he had no particular affection for cowboy culture or American life. But somewhere --...

Reporting from Mesa, Ariz.— The strain of conservatism that propelled Arizona lawmaker Russell Pearce to a powerful perch in state politics could also prove to be his downfall. Pearce, president of the state Senate, will face off Tuesday against fellow Republican Jerry Lewis in a recall election in their suburban Phoenix district. The election is the culmination of a nearly yearlong effort to oust the controversial Pearce, arguably the state's most powerful politician. Supporters champion his gruff, unwavering commitment to conservative ideals, while critics call him a bully whose tactics are divisive.

A conservative blogger is claiming that neo-Nazis armed with AR-15 assault rifles are "patrolling" the area where Occupy Phoenix is encamped. Writing on Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft complains that the "liberal media" are ignoring the story, as compared to their coverage of guns at Tea Party rallies. However Media Matters points out that while neo-Nazi J.T. Ready is heard on video saying nice things about the Occupy movement, he also "attended and reportedly spoke" at Tea Party rallies in the past. Media Matters said this is all part of a campaign by the "right-wing media" to label the Occupy movement...

Extremists are patrolling the Occupy Phoenix camp with AR-15′s. Of course, since they are not tea party members, the liberal media could care less. Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, October 27, 2011, 12:21 PM Extremists are patrolling the Occupy Phoenix camp with AR-15′s. Of course, since they are not tea party members, the liberal media could care less. From the Video: Morpheus heads to down town Phoenix at the Cesar Chavez plaza to join with other individuals to DEMONSTRATE for the right to exist! The demonstrators get some protection from JT Ready and http://usborderguard.com Oh, and they’re not your...

By J.D. Long-García | Sept. 23, 2011 | The Catholic Sun Plans are underway in the Diocese of Phoenix to implement new local norms for the distribution of Holy Communion that will bring the local Church in line with universal Church guidelines.As a result, the Precious Blood will not be offered at every Sunday Mass, but instead be reserved for special occasions, left to the determination of each parish pastor. The change will bring local Catholic celebration of the Eucharist into union with the practice of the faithful around the world. Receiving Communion under both kinds is uncommon in most...

The Diocese of Phoenix has announced that it will issue norms specifying the conditions under which Holy Communion may be distributed under both species. “The new norms will promote unity in the celebration of the Eucharist all around the world, and come from the revised General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 3rd Edition, together with the final edition of The Norms for the Distribution and Reception of Holy Communion Under Both Kinds for the Dioceses of the United States of America,” the diocese stated in a press release. “In the Roman Missal (1975), 14 instances were provided when the chalice...

(CNN) -- A church called the Phoenix Goddess Temple has been accused of being a house of prostitution, and a six-month undercover investigation has resulted in the arrests of 20 women and men who worked there, Phoenix police said Friday. Authorities are still searching for 17 more people -- all of whom have been indicted -- in connection with the prostitution enterprise, said Sgt. Steve Martos, a Phoenix police spokesman. The 20 people arrested so far have been charged with prostitution or other offenses, police said. During a Wednesday search of the Phoenix temple and two church-related sites in nearby...

“Federal prosecutors from Los Angeles and San Diego will take over cases arising from a flawed law enforcement operation in Arizona that is being investigated by Congress and the inspector general’s office at the Justice Department,” the AP reports. “The change comes at the request of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix, which was deeply involved with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in carrying out Operation Fast and Furious, the program aimed at taking down major arms traffickers.” Or not. . . . Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said the decision to switch prosecutors is clearly in the...

Jamie Peachey One of the goddesses in the "green Chakra room" at Phoenix Goddess Temple ​Phoenix Goddess Temple, the "sexual healing" church featured in the New Times' story Sacred Sexuality in February, was raided by Phoenix police officers Wednesday. Sixteen people -- five men and eleven women -- were detained for questioning. Among those arrested was temple practitioner Wayne Clayton, who is one of 12 people being indicted on grand jury charges including illegal control of enterprise, maintaining a house of prostitution, and receiving the earnings of a prostitute. Phoenix police sergeant Steve Martos confirmed that officers served a search...

Jean Baptiste Kingery seems to be yet another thug that took advantage of the Obama Administration's criminal stimulus package for the southwest, building grenades and IEDs for the Sinaloa cartel. So what did the Department of Justice do when they caught him. They released him free as a bird within hours.Federal authorities are probing why the U.S. in 2010 let go an Arizona man accused of supplying grenades to a Mexican drug cartel, a case that played a role in the ouster last week of the nation's top firearms regulator and the U.S. attorney in Phoenix. U.S. officials said missteps...

After reading this howler from the Conference for Women’s Ordination or COW … no… that’s not it… the Women’s Ordination Conference or WOC…. whatever… take note (below) of our WDTPRS ACTION ALERT!I’ll bet this comes from WOC’s Ministry of Irritation. I am not making that up. Really. Ministry of Irritation. Women’s Ordination Conference [WOC!] Decries Ban on Altar Girls in Phoenix DioceseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 22, 2011Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, 202 675-1006, woc@womensordination.orgWomen’s Ordination Conference Decries [A high dudgeon word if ever there was one.] Ban on Altar Girls in Pheonix Diocese [No... really. Pheonix, who was, I believe both...

Greg Stanton • Opposes SB1070 • Endorsed by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union – who helped lead the Arizona boycott • Endorsed by Maricopa Area Labor Federation – Affiliated with AFL-CIO which condemned SB1070 • Would have voted for pay increases Claude Mattox • Supported by the largest public employee union in the City of Phoenix • Voted for the food tax increase • Supported this year’s budget and pay increases (Arizona Republic, June 8, 2011) Lobbyist Wes Gullett • Worked for Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to organize medical workers to unionize at Maricopa County Hospital •...

A WOMAN is behind bars after allegedly attempting to carry an explosive device through airport security at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, US. Lewiza Daman was accused of trying to sneak a fake bomb past TSA agents to test airport security, MyFoxPhoenix.com. TSA agents found what looked like a simulated explosive device inside a carry-on bag at a checkpoint Friday. The container was filled with a paste-like substance, with a cell phone taped to the top. The bomb squad and hazmat teams were called out to the airport until they could determine the device was fake. Daman - an African...

hese amazing pictures from the United States show a wall of dust moving through the city of Phoenix in Arizona. Sandstorms like this happen during the region's monsoon season, which is underway. They occur over desert land and can reach thousands of feet into the air, spurred by strong winds. The dense cloud dramatically reduced visibility, grounding flights at a major airport and leaving thousands without electricity.

About 4,000 homes in the metropolitan Phoenix area are without power - and air-conditioning - on a record-shattering day of heat in one of the nation's hottest cities. Phoenix hit a high temperature of 118 degrees on Saturday, topping a 10-year-old record of 116 degrees for the date. The National Weather Service say clouds from monsoon activity likely kept the area from reaching 120 degrees, but they say it's still the city's hottest day so far this year.

Staff at the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department are looking into weekly fights staged at a city park following an ABC15 story that aired Wednesday. Residents raised concerns after large groups of teenagers were found fighting at the Palomino Park near 30th Street and Greenway Road. "Anything that's regularly scheduled and there's large groups, that's where we are going to look and see if they are playing by the rules that all other group users are using," spokesperson David Urbinato said. "We have an obligation to look into an activity that's of concern to neighbors and see if this is...

CBS News has learned that House and Senate investigators have descended upon Arizona for their probe into the so-called "Gunwalker" scandal. They're gathering interviews from witnesses, including ATF insiders and area gun shop owners. Sources tell CBS News the congressional investigators are frustrated by what they view as across-the-board stonewalling by government agencies which have refused to provide information in the investigation. Government officials have said they won't provide information while their own investigations are ongoing. "They're investigating themselves," says one source on Capitol Hill, "and then claiming the open investigations preclude them from giving Congress information it needs for...

Phoenix area FReepers, I am sure you must have noticed by now. We are under a new kind of invasion -- from welfare recipients of the *legal* kind. They are pouring out of projects and ghettos across the country and moving straight to Phoenix. As little as two years ago, spotting them anywhere outside of a few select rundown neighborhoods used to be a thing of curiosity. Now they are everywhere, invading pristine neighborhoods of the East Valley - from Tempe to Mesa to Gilbert and Chandler. I see them in grocery stores, in malls, on the streets, at city...

PHOENIX — A Mexican man was climbing a ladder when a Border Patrol agent fatally shot him three times, a sheriff's spokeswoman told The Associated Press on Monday. Cochise County sheriff's investigators have no indication that Carlos La Madrid, 19, assaulted or tried to assault the agent when he was shot March 21, said agency spokeswoman Carol Capas. La Madrid had fled police in the Arizona border city of Douglas in a truck and drove to the border with Mexico. He was climbing a ladder and trying to cross the border, and another man atop the wall began throwing rocks...

PHOENIX, - Officials in Phoenix said they lack options for dealing with a flock of about five chickens recently spotted roaming a neighborhood. Lynelle Nowlin, 63, said he has lobbied Phoenix and Maricopa County officials to get rid of the chickens, which he described as a nuisance, but they said they have no power to deal with the free-ranging fowl, The Arizona Republic reported Tuesday. "The chickens are proliferating," Nowlin said. "This is not the way our neighborhoods are supposed to be." Gary New, area supervisor for the Phoenix Neighborhood Preservation Division, said the division's inspectors can only take action...

It's quite natural for a culture to value its young. Since mortality is an as-yet irreversible aspect of the human condition, our children are the means by which we perpetuate ourselves, preserve who we are, and pass on what we believe. Given this plain truth, the most discouraging aspect of attending any given conservative event is the sea of silver hair present in just about every crowd. At 32, I often mind myself among the youngest, if not the youngest person in a room. Reaching our youth with the conservative message is an essential mission. However, in an age where...

This is a VERY GOOD event. The Heritage Foundation has a large booth and several speakers. Ron Paul speaks tonight; check the link for more information. I am amazed that I have not found any freepers here.

During an altercation with his girlfriend, Frankie Muniz put a gun to his head and also punched her, according to a police report obtained by TMZ.com. The report, filed Friday in Phoenix, Ariz., details an argument between the couple about "prior relationships." Elycia Turnbow, his girlfriend, told the police that Muniz "grabbed a gun and held it to his head, possibly with the intent of committing suicide."

Nearly 70 percent of all homes with a mortgage in Phoenix area were under water at the end of 2010, according to online real estate marketplace Zillow.com. The company’s latest data shows 69.9 percent of homes the Valley had negative equity in the fourth quarter, while the national negative equity rate is 27 percent. The Phoenix housing market has suffered severely since the onset of the Great Recession. A separate housing report from CoreLogic also shows a large percentage of underwater mortgages in the Phoenix area. Accelerating home value declines, as well as a slowdown in the nation’s foreclosure rate...

Yesterday, we told you about an officer-involved shooting in Phoenix. Details were limited, so we said to check back later. We got the details and they're pretty nuts. According to court documents obtained by New Times, Phoenix Police Officer Richard Chrisman has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after fatally shooting 29-year-old Daniel Rodriquez. Rodriquez's mother called police about noon yesterday to report that she and her son had gotten into an argument and that Rodriquez was breaking things in her trailer home near Baseline Road and Central Avenue. Officer Chrisman and another officer found Rodriquez's mother...

The Tea Party movement will be two years old in February! We’ve stunned the establishment once, imagine what we can do with the next 40 years! Join us February 25-27, 2011 - the second anniversary of the Nationwide Tea Party Protests. Help write the first pages of a new chapter in American history at the American Policy Summit - Pathways to Liberty. We believe it is every citizen’s duty to defend America’s founding principles. That’s why one of the Tea Party Patriots’ goals is to gain the support of 60% of American citizens for the three core values of Fiscal...

Now this is something you don't see every day: A man not only dunking the ball, but dunking himself! The videos below are absolutely insane. During a Phoenix Suns halftime show, this guy gets massive air, but then it goes from cool-looking to scary. Luckily, ABC reports that the man staved off any injuries. Watch and marvel at how this is even possible (Video courtesy of ABC).

PHOENIX (AP) — The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has launched another operation aimed at busting suspected illegal immigrants, drop houses and related illegal drug activity.Sheriff Joe Arpaio says up to 200 deputies and some of the 57 members of a newly formed illegal immigration enforcement posse will work the two-day operation. The latest sweep began early Thursday. By the afternoon, Arpaio reported 13 arrests for human smuggling operations and one suspected illegal immigrant who was carrying 425 pounds of marijuana. Arpaio says his office's 17 previous sweeps resulted in more than 1,000 arrests. He says a recent rise in the...

A Phoenix radio station has offered a job to Bristol Palin. Mix 96.9 host Mathew Blades says Sarah Palin's eldest daughter met with the station's management Friday and that they offered her a gig co-hosting with him on his morning show.

SEATTLE - A federal grand jury in Seattle indicted 12 people in an alleged international money-laundering scheme that funneled more than $12 million to Iraq. The indictment, handed up Wednesday and unsealed Thursday, alleges that between April 2000 and January 2002, a ring of agents throughout the United States collected money domestically and sent it to a company called Alshafei Family Connect in suburban Edmonds. The company, owned and principally operated by Hussein Alshafei, an Iraqi native and naturalized U.S. citizen, then shipped the money to London and other overseas cities and eventually to Iraq, the indictment alleges. The actions...

<p>PHOENIX - Recruiters call a potential Marine the perfect candidate, except for one thing: he's an illegal immigrant.</p> <p>Now Pedro Gutierrez is facing deportation after a traffic stop.</p> <p>He was brought to the U.S. illegally when he was 7 years old. Life in the U.S. is all he knows.</p>

Patricia Maisch looks like a grandmother, but she is being hailed as a hero today for helping to stop alleged Tucson shooter Jared Loughner by wrestling away a fresh magazine of bullets as he tried to reload. Maisch, 61, effectively disarmed the shooter as several men pounced on him and threw him to ground. As they struggled to hold him down, Maisch joined the scrum on the ground, clinging to the gunman's ankles. Maisch and her fellow heroes -- identified as Bill Badger, Roger Sulzgeber and Joseph Zimudie -- stopped the carnage after 20 people were shot, including Rep. Gabrielle...

A Phoenix radio station said it has offered Bristol Palin a job alongside its morning show host. Clear Channel's Mix 96.9 (KMXP-FM) said it officially extended an on-air job offer to the daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. In a news release, station program director Ron Price denied the offer was a political job for Bristol, or a radio stunt. "It is an official offer to a very well known personality, who may be looking for a new career in what will most likely be her new home state," Price said. Palin closed on a home in...

PHOENIX (Reuters) – The bodies of two men were found near an abandoned Jeep Wrangler in a rugged area used by recreational vehicle owners for four-wheeling, Phoenix police said late on Friday. The dead men were not identified, but police said they received a call from a family earlier on Thursday reporting three missing persons. The family said that a 38-year-old man and two friends had gone four-wheeling after picking up the Jeep from a mechanic, where the vehicle was being repaired. ...

The below commentary is from one of Phoenixes city council members Sal DiCiccio. He is pointing out how the city’s water department is planning on hiring 98 new people and charging 7% more for water services. What the water department does not tell you is that over half those new hires are transfers from other downsized city departments. In other words, the city management is trying to show that it is making cuts when in reality they are not. Why are they hiring 98 new people in such a down economy? If anything they should have less work no more...

PHOENIX — Found tottering alone in the desert with their ribs visible and their heads hung low, horses play a back-breaking, unappreciated role in the multibillion drug smuggling industry.Mexican traffickers strap heavy bales of marijuana or other illegal drugs to the horses’ backs and march them north through mountain passes and across rough desert terrain. With little food and water, some collapse under their heavy loads. Others are turned loose when the contraband gets far enough into Arizona to be off-loaded into vehicles with even more horsepower. “We would pick up 15 to 20 horses a month, and many more...

In this 21sr century, the new robber barons of wealth are no longer industry leaders as in the 19th and 20th centuries, they are government employees. There is no better way to say it. According to City Councilman Sal Diciccio, did you know that while the city imposed a new food tax hitting seniors and the poor the hardest the city of Phoenix employees gave themselves a hefty $20 million raise this year?

In this 21sr century, the new robber barons of wealth are no longer industry leaders as in the 19th and 20th centuries, they are government employees. There is no better way to say it. According to City Councilman Sal Diciccio, did you know that while the city imposed a new food tax hitting seniors and the poor the hardest the city of Phoenix employees gave themselves a hefty $20 million raise this year?

Bishop Thomas Olmsted NEW YORK, December 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The American Civil Liberties Union has attacked Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix after news broke this week that the bishop had taken further steps against a Catholic hospital that had performed a direct abortion. Reacting to the latest clash, Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, staff attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, said the staff of the St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center “did the right thing� by killing an unborn child late last year to avert aggravation of the mother’s pulmonary hypertension. “A hospital’s first responsibility must be to protect the health...

PHOENIX—Former Phoenix Police Officer Chad Michael Goulding (DOB 9/30/1970) has been arrested and charged with carrying out five Phoenix area bank robberies during a five month period in 2006. Goulding, who left the Phoenix Police force in 2005 after serving on the force for 13 years, is currently in custody and held on a $1,000,000 bond. His apprehension and indictment is the culmination of a four-year cooperative investigation involving the FBI’s Bank Robbery Task Force and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. “Anytime an individual commits armed bank robbery the potential for violence increase and puts everyone in danger,” said FBI...

Another TSA Video To Make Your Blood Boil -- Appears these TSA's hate mothers who breast feed their babies All of this TSA garbage are test cases. Once they get away with this, they will escalate their tyranny. My God, I don't see a soul forming massive protests over this unconstitutional garbage. Until the people stand against this tyranny, it will get worse! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuG30df_EE8

Your humble Drunken Conservatives correspondent was smuggled inside the STAFDA (Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association) trade show in downtown Phoenix to see Sarah Palin give a well-received political speech to an enthusiastic, standing room only crowd. If you think Palin shies away from politics and gives a more inspirational speech when speaking to a non-political audience; you’re dead wrong. Palin educated the receptive and huge (2500+) audience on lower taxes and regulation, the Fed’s destructive inflationary policies, and Ronald Reagan. She was full of political bravado coming off of last Tuesday’s historic Republican gains at all levels in American...

***UPDATE III: 12:20 PM Phoenix rally--Sarah Palin was preparing to leave, walking to the TPX bus when protesters begin yelling for her to "go home" and that she "stinks." Baby Trig was in her arms, scared and crying. Security was around Palin and got her onto the bus ok. Lovely people, the Left. (Photos and report by Andrea Shea King.)

 Big Tea Party Express Rally in Phoenix Today (Friday) - 12:00 Noon  The Tea Party Express (website: http://www.TeaPartyExpress.org) will be hosting a giant Tea Party rally today, Friday - October 22nd - at the State Capitol in Phoenix at 12:00 Noon. The rally will take place near the flagpole on the State Capitol grounds (1700 West Washington Street in Phoenix). The event is free and open to the public.  Bring your friends, family members, neighbors and fellow patriots.  Spread the word this morning so we can have as many people present as possible. We'll have a TON of major media outlets on hand to cover the event, so we want to have as many...